How much do Business Operations Specialists, All Other make in Las Cruces, NM?

Percentile spread

For Business Operations Specialists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $49,850 and the 90th percentile is $115,920. The difference is $66,070, which is 86.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $60,410 to the 75th at $97,010, covers $36,600.

The mean annual wage is $81,730, which sits above the median of $76,510. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Las Cruces, NM median is 7.9% lower than the national median of $83,050 for Business Operations Specialists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $84,811, which is 2.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.3% lower than the New Mexico median of $79,100.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Las Cruces, NM is 90.212, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $76,510 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Business Operations Specialists, All Other at $84,811 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Business Operations Specialists, All Other. Las Cruces, NM ranks 4th of 4 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• El Paso, TX is 96 miles away, with a median of $77,750 and employment of 2,060. That median is 1.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,473, against $84,811 here.
• Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ is 176 miles away, with a median of $93,310 and employment of 340. That median is 22% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $104,557, against $84,811 here.
• Albuquerque, NM is 193 miles away, with a median of $81,070 and employment of 4,160. That median is 6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $84,849, against $84,811 here.

Employment share

Business Operations Specialists, All Other accounts for 0.86% of wage-and-salary employment in Las Cruces, NM (690 of 80,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.70% of employment (1,087,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.23 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.